Faithfulness

Galatians 5:22 – “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness…” 

Faithfulness here is the Greek word Pistis which is defined in the Vine’s dictionary of Greek Words as “firm persuasion, a conviction based upon hearing”. Ever had someone tell you they would do something for you and they would say “you have my word”? Well, now they must prove it to you, to see if they’ll actually stick to their word, they’ll actually do it! Words are a dime a dozen nowadays and it’s sad to see how worthless words have become, but yet they are the most powerful thing! Anyway, you’re waiting to see if the person who gave you their word, pretty much promised you they would do it, is actually going to do it. What are you waiting to see? They’re faithfulness. Everybody can talk big, but what happens when rubber meets the road? Are they faithful to their word? Are they faithful to you?
In us is the faithfulness of the Spirit. I have mentioned before about the other fruit, but I can’t say it enough…It’s always a choice! It’s always a choice whether we will hold fast to what we say, if we’ll be faithful to our word. 
When you are first getting to know someone and it’s the first time they tell you they will do something for you and you are counting on them to do it, it may be hard to trust, but if they end up keeping their word, the trust grows, their word becomes more valuable, you see faithfulness in action here. If it happens this way over and over and over again, it’s like you can’t count on whatever they say, they’re gonna do, no exceptions, they are 100% faithful to their word.
Things have happened in our lives, people have told us things that they didn’t end up doing, we put our firm trust in them but they just didn’t come true and it ended up hurting our trust in them, they have become less faithful to their word. A lack of acting on your word will seriously damage and may even destroy people’s trust in you, and like I said, it’s because there hasn’t been enough emphasis on the importance of the words that come out of our mouth. But how about God? What can we say about His faithfulness?
Our Father gave us His Word, His Word that is full of truth, He actually is Truth itself! God has never, ever, spoken ONE LIE out of His mouth, but yet how many times do we have trouble trusting His Word to us, as if He was ever unfaithful to us? He is nothing but faithful and loving to us. Jeremiah 1:12 says “Then the Lord said to me, ‘You have seen well, for I am watching over My Word to perform it”. God is faithful, always and forever, and we have the ability to be just as faithful – Remember, it’s a choice.
If you’re track record is ugly in the area of faithfulness, turn it around! Repent and begin to watch your words very carefully, they are so so so valuable (I’ll do a blog on words later). You can speak truthfully, you can be faithful to perform the word that comes from your mouth, be very selective on what you say, don’t say you’ll do something if you won’t, it will hurt you. Always keep your word to God and to people, no matter what!